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Nepali and Marathi


Marathi and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nepal  
India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
कृपया  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
népalais  
marathe  

German Name
Nepali  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Marathi  

Language Position
59  
99+
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
mar  

ISO 639 3
npi  
mar  

ISO 639 6
nep  
mar  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
12  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Nepali and Marathi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Marathi Speaking population

Nepali and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Marathi on Nepali vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Marathi Language Codes

Nepali and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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